USS Athene
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USS Athene (AKA-22) was an Artemis-class attack cargo ship in service with the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946.
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USS Athene (AKA-22) underway in San Francisco Bay, California (USA), in 1945-1946 (NH 78148).jpg | |
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United States | |
Name | Athene |
Namesake | The asteroid Athene |
Builder | Walsh-Kaiser Company, Providence, Rhode Island |
Laid down | 20 January 1944 |
Launched | 18 June 1944 |
Commissioned | 29 September 1944 |
Decommissioned | 17 June 1946 |
Stricken | 1 August 1947 |
Honours and awards | 2 battle stars (WWII) |
Fate | Scrapped in 1966 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Artemis-class attack cargo ship |
Type | S4–SE2–BE1 |
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Length | 426 ft (130 m) |
Beam | 58 ft (18 m) |
Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
Speed | 16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) |
Complement | 303 officers and enlisted |
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